Cork City North-West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork City North-West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
County/City council	County Cork

Cork City North-West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] The old Cork Borough constituency was divided into the new constituencies of Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when the Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East constituencies were replaced by the new constituency of Cork City.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the north western parts of Cork city and suburbs.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City North-West 1969–1977^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969^[3]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Liam Burke (FG)
20th	1973^[4]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Liam Burke (FG)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Cork City

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork City North-West^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	12,427	45.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	2,691	10.0	2
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	4,624	17.1	3
	Independent	Samuel Allen	2,630	9.7
	Labour Party	Patrick Kerrigan	2,425	9.0
	Fine Gael	Vincent O'Connell	1,916	7.1
	Independent	Seán Twomey	338	1.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,051 Quota: 6,763 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork City North-West^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	11,227	43.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	2,046	8.0	2
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	3,312	12.9	3
	Independent	Samuel Allen	3,063	11.9
	Labour Party	Patrick Kerrigan	2,754	10.7
	Fine Gael	Vincent O'Connell	2,241	8.7
	Labour Party	Thomas Leahy	1,001	3.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,644 Quota: 6,412 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
1 2 "General election 1969: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1973: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Cork County (????–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Bandon (1801–85)
Cork County (1801–85)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–85)
Mallow (1801–85)
Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61)

Current	Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–West (1961–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

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